Chicago White Sox at Oakland Athletics

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Chicago White Sox

28-89, 11-49 Away

Final
2 - 3

Oakland Athletics

48-68, 29-30 Home

A's score 3 in the 7th inning for a 3-2 win over White Sox, a day after Chicago ended 21-game skid

Benintendi cranks 2-run dinger for the White Sox

The White Sox lost their 10th straight series, one day after ending their American League record-tying 21-game losing streak. Chicago (28-89) hasn't won consecutive games since a three-game streak from June 27-29. The White Sox fell to 8-24 in one-run games and 0-67 when trailing after seven innings.

Oakland (48-68) improved to 5-1-1 in its last seven series.

Andrew Benintendi hit a two-run homer — his second in as many games — off A’s starter Joey Estes in the second inning to give the White Sox an early lead.

Estes allowed two runs and six hits with four strikeouts in five innings, but did not figure in the decision.

Chicago starter Davis Martin limited Oakland to two hits and a walk with four strikeouts in six scoreless innings.

“He gave us obviously a great opportunity to win a baseball game,” White Sox manager Pedro Grifol said. “2-0 lead going into the seventh. ... He looks really good. He’s a piece in this organization moving forward.”

Brent Rooker singled to lead off Oakland's seventh, and Abraham Toro walked with one out. Alvarez and Gelof followed with RBI singles, tying the game at 2.

Darell Hernaiz hit a grounder to short, but Gelof beat Nicky Lopez’s throw to second base, loading the bases. Butler hit a sac fly that scored Alvarez and gave the Athletics a 3-2 lead.

“I think that probably was the momentum changer of the game,” A's manager Mark Kotsay said of Gelof's hustle. “Those are the intangibles we talk about. It’s why we love Zack, the way he plays the game. It’s not just about the at-bats and the hits. It’s about the little things. And that little thing, that little detail pretty much led us to win the game.”

Touki Toussaint (0-2) worked a third of an inning and allowed three runs in the loss.

T.J. McFarland (2-1) pitched a scoreless inning and picked up his first win since April 28.

Mason Miller, who was reinstated from the 10-day injured list (fractured left pinky finger) before the game, got the final three outs for his 16th save in 18 chances.

“Just excited to be back a part of the group and stringing together some Ws,” Miller said. “I think we’ve had great chemistry all year. It’s just a matter of putting together effort on all sides of the ball. We see guys putting together clutch hits like that, making defensive plays. That’s stuff good teams do.”

TRAINER’S ROOM

Oakland 1B Tyler Nevin was a late scratch due to a migraine. ... RHP Luis Medina underwent Tommy John surgery and will miss the rest of the season. ... OF/1B Seth Brown was placed on the paternity list. ... Alvarez was recalled from Triple-A Las Vegas and RHP Gerardo Reyes was designated for assignment.

White Sox: LHP Garrett Crochet (6-8, 3.19 ERA) seeks his first win since June 7 when he opens a two-game home series against the Cubs on Friday night opposite RHP Jameson Taillon (7-6, 3.25).

Athletics: RHP Mitch Spence (7-7, 4.40) opens a three-game series at Toronto on Friday night. The Blue Jays did not name a starter.

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Matchup Prediction

Athletics: 62.8%

White Sox: 37.2%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Fletcher popped out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Sosa lined out to left.
	9th Inning	Benintendi flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Miller relieved Ferguson
	9th Inning	Cameron in left field.
	8th Inning	Toro lined out to right.

Statistics

CHW		OAK
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
11	Ground Balls	10
8	Strikeouts	5
2	Runs Batted In	3
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
7	Hits	6
0	Stolen Bases	0
0	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	3
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
34	At Bats	28
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
9	Runners Left On Base	15
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	0
15	Fly Balls	14
0	Caught Stealing	1
142	Pitches	129
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
12	Total Bases	6
34	Plate Appearances	33
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
3	Extra Base Hits	0
2.3	Runs Created	1.5
.206	Batting Average	.214
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.353	Slugging Percentage	.214
.147	Secondary Average	.071
.206	On Base Percentage	.303
.559	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.517
0.7	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.7
2.3	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	1.7
22.0	Batter Rating	18.0
34.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.18	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.91
.147	Isolated Power	.000
0.00	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.60
.000	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.091
-.059	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.143
4.0	Runs Produced	6.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.3
73.3	MLB Rating	71.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0